List Of U.S. States By Elevation
The ELEVATION of a geographic location is its height above or below a
fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid , a
mathematical model of the Earth\'s sea level as an equipotential
gravitational surface (see Geodetic system, vertical datum ).
Elevation, or GEOMETRIC HEIGHT, is mainly used when referring to
points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height
is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or
a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface.
ElevationElevation is not to be confused with the distance from the center of
the Earth; due to equatorial bulge , the summits of Mt. Everest and
Chimborazo have, respectively, the largest elevation and the largest
geocentric distance
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Spanish Language
The SPANISH LANGUAGE (/ˈspænɪʃ/ ( listen ); Español (help
·info )), also called the CASTILIAN LANGUAGE (/kæˈstɪliən/ (
listen ), castellano (help ·info )), is a Western Romance language
that originated in the Castile region of
SpainSpain and today has hundreds
of millions of native speakers around the world. It is usually
considered the world\'s second-most spoken native language , after
Mandarin ChineseMandarin Chinese . Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages , which
evolved from several dialects of
Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the
collapse of the
Western Roman EmpireWestern Roman Empire in the 5th century
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Legislature
A LEGISLATURE is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make
laws for a political entity such as a country or city . Legislatures
form important parts of most governments ; in the separation of powers
model, they are often contrasted with the executive and judicial
branches of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are known as legislation . Legislatures
observe and steer governing actions and usually have exclusive
authority to amend the budget or budgets involved in the process. The members of a legislature are called legislators . In a democracy
, legislators are most commonly popularly elected , although indirect
election and appointment by the executive are also used, particularly
for bicameral legislatures featuring an upper chamber
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Lower House
A LOWER HOUSE is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature , the
other chamber being the upper house . Inside the Australian
House of Representatives Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many
legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power.
A legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral
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Coordinated Universal Time
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME abbreviated to UTC, is the primary time
standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is within
about 1 second of mean solar time at 0° longitude ; it does not
observe daylight saving time . For most purposes, UTC is considered
interchangeable with
Greenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean Time (GMT), but
GMTGMT is no longer
precisely defined by the scientific community. The first Coordinated
Universal Time was informally adopted on 1
January 1960, but the official abbreviation of UTC and the official
English name of Coordinated
Universal Time (along with the French
equivalent), was not adopted until 1967. The system was adjusted several times, including a brief period where
time coordination radio signals broadcast both UTC and "Stepped Atomic
TimeTime (SAT)" until a new UTC was adopted in 1970 and implemented in
1972
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Upper House
An UPPER HOUSE, sometimes called a senate , is one of two chambers of
a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral
legislature ), the other chamber being the lower house . The house
formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often
has more restricted power than the lower house. Examples of upper
houses in countries include the United Kingdom's
House of LordsHouse of Lords ,
India's
Rajya Sabha , Russia's
Federation Council , Ireland's
SeanadSeanad ,
Malaysia's
Dewan Negara , Germany's Bundesrat and the United States
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List Of Time Offsets By U.S. State
This is a LIST OF THE TIME OFFSETS BY U.S. STATES . For more about
the time zones of the U.S. see time in the United States . Most states are entirely contained within one time zone. However,
some states are in two time zones, due to geographical,
socio-political or economic reasons. CONTENTS * 1 States, territories, etc
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